luckyeddie Posted September 20, 2023 Share Posted September 20, 2023 1 hour ago, Davkaus said: I've never made it through Godfather part 1 or 2 without getting bored and turning it off, or falling asleep, and at this point I don't think I can bring myself to try again. They're dreadful, tedious films. This exactly how I would describe Raging Bull. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted September 21, 2023 Share Posted September 21, 2023 Having watched them recently 1 and 2 are far too slow. Brando is probably in about a third of the first film. The second one is basically two films that badly stop the flow of each other when they keep switching back and forth. And the 3rd is just a nicely shot average movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddywhack Posted September 23, 2023 Share Posted September 23, 2023 I think they’re seen as cheap, seedy, unfashionable and generally shit, but I think lava lamps are amazing. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 I fall asleep though The Godfather films or just turn it off to watch the following day but I’ve never completed one yet. I rarely watch tv anyway . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Wainy316 Posted September 25, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 25, 2023 Barbecue ribs and chicken wings are 90% bone and really not worth the hassle for the bit of meat you get from them. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 You can get away with ribs in the states, in the UK they're a disgrace 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 English football fans seem to be some of the best behaved these days. *Commented in the Ajax thread but felt it probably belonged here too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted September 25, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted September 25, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Wainy316 said: Barbecue ribs and chicken wings are 90% bone and really not worth the hassle for the bit of meat you get from them. A place I used to work at would hold these AGMs, functions, whatever and part of that included ordering a buffet. It was quickly noted that no one at these events were touching the chicken wings, chicken legs. Everything else, demolished. Any further buffet orders we made specifically stated no chicken legs. Basically I think no one wanted to be stood around with a paper plate in hand, trying to network with someone gnawing on a bone and getting chicken meat residue around their mouths. Edited September 25, 2023 by Mark Albrighton 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 4 minutes ago, Mark Albrighton said: Basically I think no one wanted to be stood around with a paper plate in hand, trying to network with someone gnawing on a bone and getting chicken meat residue around their mouths. Well yeah this is where I'm at, but there seems to be a lot of people that go mad for wings and seem to have them as their favoured bit of chicken! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakemineVanilla Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 1 hour ago, Wainy316 said: Barbecue ribs and chicken wings are 90% bone and really not worth the hassle for the bit of meat you get from them. I always associate meat served on the bone with ethnic and working-class food, and assumed it was because they alway bought the cheapest cuts, as meat was considered a luxury. What meat there was used to be shared at the discretion of the patriarch. I ate a lot of scouse in my youth and ending up with some boiled bones on your plate was considered something you should feel grateful for. Then there were lamb chops which consisted of mostly bone and fat, plus a piece of meat the size of a half-crown. Obviously, the sauce which comes with ribs, is meant to disguise the meagerness of the meat. It doesn't seem long ago that if you went for a curry, you needed to ask and then pay extra for meat off the bone. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted September 25, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted September 25, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Wainy316 said: Barbecue ribs and chicken wings are 90% bone and really not worth the hassle for the bit of meat you get from them. If you cook ribs properly the meat will just fall off the bone or you can remove the bones and serve the whole piece of meat intact and boneless. Or get beef ribs. Chicken wings need to decent sized, not from little battery-farmed pigeons. Edited September 25, 2023 by fightoffyour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted September 25, 2023 Moderator Share Posted September 25, 2023 1 hour ago, Wainy316 said: Well yeah this is where I'm at, but there seems to be a lot of people that go mad for wings and seem to have them as their favoured bit of chicken! There's a chicken take away by ours that is called Just Wings. Baffles the f*** out of me and they do other stuff too but it's an instant, nah. why would you be arsed eatings wings? If we roast a chicken for tea I strip the meat off the legs and wings to make soup with but as if I can be arsed actually eating them as an item, way too messy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaJ100 Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 (edited) My dad is 70 and said as a kid people wouldn't even bother with wings, now they are some sort of delicacy Edited September 25, 2023 by VillaJ100 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferguson1 Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 3 hours ago, Wainy316 said: Barbecue ribs and chicken wings are 90% bone and really not worth the hassle for the bit of meat you get from them. Think it’s more of a cost issue now with me. Ribs and wings used to be incredibly cheap, but now because they’re classed as trendy street food, you may as well buy better cuts of meat for a similar price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted September 25, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted September 25, 2023 in the US you get boneless wings (just nicer chicken nuggets basically) and think TGI Fridays do them too. plenty of buffalo and blue cheese sauce and there aren't many better snacks IMO 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 My trips to the states always made me think the Americans are obsessed with Pizza and Wings. Oh and the opportunity to shoot kids in schools, but mainly the former 2. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 6 hours ago, Wainy316 said: Barbecue ribs and chicken wings are 90% bone and really not worth the hassle for the bit of meat you get from them. Ribs and wings are the second and third best food stuffs after pork knuckles ... but never those crappy cooked so long that the meat falls off the bone crap that they give in in TGI's etc , its got to be a proper gnawing on the bone type rib or wing ... There is just something deeply satisfying in chewing the last bit of meat off the bone or ripping a chicken wing apart and eating the meat Summer and countless BBQ's was just fantastic .... unless you are a pig or chicken of course 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 2 minutes ago, tonyh29 said: Ribs and wings are the second and third best food stuffs after pork knuckles ... but never those crappy cooked so long that the meat falls off the bone crap that they give in in TGI's etc , its got to be a proper gnawing on the bone type rib or wing ... There is just something deeply satisfying in chewing the last bit of meat off the bone or ripping a chicken wing apart and eating the meat Summer and countless BBQ's was just fantastic .... unless you are a pig or chicken of course Nah 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 Pork is shit . Only pork I have nowadays really are sausages and not the cheap crap ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 1 hour ago, tonyh29 said: Ribs and wings are the second and third best food stuffs after pork knuckles ... but never those crappy cooked so long that the meat falls off the bone crap that they give in in TGI's etc , its got to be a proper gnawing on the bone type rib or wing ... There is just something deeply satisfying in chewing the last bit of meat off the bone or ripping a chicken wing apart and eating the meat Summer and countless BBQ's was just fantastic .... unless you are a pig or chicken of course The problem is theres not actually any meat on them, I don't mind gnawing on the bone to get the scraps as long as I've had a bite of meat first, never had decent ribs in a UK restaurant, never In the states I've had good ones a few times, Canada I had some incredible buffalo ribs UK forget about it, they're robbery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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